Clinical/Counselling Phycologist - Adult Eating Disorders

NHS; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job description

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Adult Eating Disorders

Are you a HCPC registered Psychologist looking to make a move in your career? Or someone who's looking to take a step up into a Clinical role?

We are seeking an HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist looking to develop your skills in a supportive developmental role. You will be joining the Adult Eating Disorders Service (AEDS) based in our Aylesbury site.

You'll be supporting junior staff and trainees, developing innovative care pathways, and contributing to audit and research projects to enhance service delivery. Your expertise will be central to delivering compassionate, patient-focused care and driving excellence in clinical outcomes.

If you have a passion for supporting individuals affected by eating disorders, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
• Make skilled evaluations to formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patient's mental health problems.
• Implement a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models.

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to hold HCPC registration in order to be considered for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
• Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
• Evidence of CPD
• High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies

Experience

• Experience of working as a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist within Adult Mental Health Service
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
• Experience of supervision of junior and/or trainee psychologists
• Experience of working as a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist within Adult Eating Disorder Service
• Experience of running groups

Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of or qualified in CBT-E or MANTRA

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£46,148 to £60,504 a year Per Annum | Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working